A special master hearing evidence behind tens of thousands of lawsuits over Johnson & Johnson’s Baby Powder has urged the court to reject a key plaintiff expert’s test for asbestos, undermining claims talcum powder causes ovarian cancer.

A recent study of trials involving multiple plaintiffs shows combining claims in a single trial puts defendants at a disadvantage and often drives higher verdicts.

Class action lawyers “deserve to be paid,” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit says, “[b]ut not twice.”

The Trump administration has moved to cut the influence of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a group whose work is often used by trial lawyers to launch waves of high stakes lawsuits in U.S. courts over everyday products made by American companies.